And while Patriots fans are still wondering why Bill Belichick benched Malcolm Butler and Eagles fans are still doubting/trashing the power of Belichick, it’s time to be honest about something: Any team not named the Patriots would kill to have Belichick as their coach and GM.

So with that being said, here are eight times Bill Belichick proved that he was smarter than everyone else in the NFL.

Trading Drew Bledsoe inside the division

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We’ll get to Brady/Bledsoe stuff in a bit as that’s its own amazing topic but when the Patriots decided to get rid of Bledsoe they did so in stunning fashion – by trading the then franchise-record holding QB to the Buffalo Bills. People thought Belichick was nuts to trade Bledsoe to a team the Pats would face twice a year and maybe even battle with for the division title. That kind of stuff just shouldn’t be done, they said! Well, Bledsoe only beat the Patriots once (in that emotional Lawyer Milloy) and the Bills were never a factor in the AFC East during the QB’s stint in Buffalo. Belichick knew the code to beat Bledsoe and trading him to the Bills showed just this – Belichick saw the QB as a non-factor. Plus, the Patriots got a first round pick from a division rival.